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I have a 14 lb. yorkie which is a male and a 85lb. (and growing) American Bull dog which is a female. I had the yorkie first and then when he was 6 months old we got the bull dog. So as funny as it is the yorkie is the Alpha dog. The Yorkie is 2 and half years old and the bull dog is 2 years old. They have never once had even a tussle.

Well last night I was running around trying to get ready to run out to dinner with my MIL. So I asked my 5 year old to feed the dogs, which she did. One gets fed in the kitchen and one in the dining room. My 5 year stood in the kitchen watching my Yorkie eating. And she said the bull dog came out and stepped on him and basically pushed him out of the way of his food bowl and then tried to sit on him. And he wriggled out from underneath her and tried to get back to his bowl so she turned around and tried to bite him.

This is when all HELL broke loose and my daughter started screaming over the snarling and growling that they were biting each other. I run down stairs try to pull the bull dog (husband's dog) off my Yorkie (he is my baby). I pull her back and scream for my 7 year old daughter to pick the yorkie up and throw him outside. My daughter panics and starts ASKING him if he wants to go out. I'm screaming "Pick Him Up, PIck Him Up" as I am straddling the bulldog holding her by the collar and she is dragging me back over to the yorkie. The Yorkie comes charging back in for more and the bulldog slips out of her collar and they are at it again.

I am screaming and smacking the bulldog with her collar I am holding in my hand and she coud have cared less. Finally I grab her by her back legs and drop my full body weight backwards and to the floor to get her off. And my daughter grabs the Yorkie and puts him outside. And the little nut is bouncing off the back door trying to come back for more.

And did I mention I was also holding a phone to my ear on hold with my kids pediatrician b/c I am on a waiting list to get an appt. for school checkups and they had called me with an opening. If that receptionist had picked up while I was screaming at the top of my lungs she have thought I was being murdered and called the police.

Neither dog had a mark on them amazingly. and of course hubby wasn't home at the time and missed the whole thing.

Sorry so long....My advice needed is

1. Will they continue to fight now that they have done it once?
2. Will they eventually draw blood?
3. Should I have let them work it out on their own if there was no bloodshed? (Someone told me that is what you are supposed to do)
4. Is there any thing I can do to prevent these fights?
5. How do you effectively and safely break up a dog fight?

My Yorkie was here first but I also love the bull dog and don't want to have to find her a new home. However she could kill him if she wanted to.

Christie

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Christie
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